Florida driver learns why texting and driving is a very bad idea

On January 4, Officer Ivan Moorer of the Fort Myers Police Department started trailing a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am after he noticed it swerving erratically.

The driver, Michael James Woody Jr., 23, wasn't drunk. He was just texting.

After Woody made "the world's worst right turn," he accelerated across the lane and onto the sidewalk, striking a guardrail, bus stop sign and tree, before flipping over, according to the crash report.

The video shows a shaken-up Woody crawling out the window of the overturned car.

Woody, who was promptly cited for both careless driving and texting while driving, survived the crash uninjured.

Here's hoping he's learned his lesson.

According to The Canadian Automobile Association, texting drivers are 23 times more likely to be in an accident or a "near-crash event" than drivers who are paying attention to the road.

"Distracted driving has always a major factor in collisions, but it's been a result of electronic technology that has really brought it to the forefront," Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Pierre Chamberland toldCBC News last August.